^Windows 98 works perfectly besides sleep mode, and I'm using this machine solely for running programs that work better on Windows 98.

^What does whether it was made by Acer have to do with this?

By the way, looking in Device Manager, I know for sure that Windows is in ACPI mode. I've heard on some BIOSes you have to disable power settings to let Windows handle it. Does this apply to the R32 or similar models?

Any advice? I read an old brochure for the R32 that advertises it as compatible with 98, so I imagine there has to be some way to get sleep and hibernation working with it. I'm not using any other OS' at the moment, so I should be fine if I have to reinstall for APM. EDIT: Here it is: http://pdfstre...

^Doesn't seem to work. I tried 1.33 and 1.25.01 (which by some miracle installed) and the PC will still not wake up from standby/sleep mode. It seems as if I may have to switch to APM. I've heard some people have been successful switching W98 to APM using the registry, but the method that IBM gives ...

I installed Windows 98SE on an old R32 to use as a retro gaming machine. And everything works beautifully... except ACPI. http://www.beezmo.com/ThinkPadR40Dir/TPR40WindowsDir/Windows98SE.htm This site says he got ACPI working (mostly) on an R40 by using a driver that isn't officially supported on th...